Delivery man struck on head by falling merchandise

Multiple settlement offers turned down; $900,000 settlement

In June 2009, a 46-year-old truck driver was making a delivery at a “big box” store. The defendant store’s policy was that visiting drivers were expected to “assist” its employees in unloading merchandise.
The defendant employee was operating a clamp forklift to grasp cubes of merchandise and transport them toward pallets. The plaintiff was expected to ...